Todd Erickson - Principal / Founder / CEO
Todd's professional film and music career began almost twenty five years ago. His early music collaborations were live - performing on guitar, keyboards and vocals with future band members of Prince’s New Power Generation, Janet Jackson, and The Rembrandt’s. Todd wrote several of the band’s original songs. In 1989, his song Distant, received Top Ten Honorable Mention at the Music City Song Festival in Nashville, Tennessee. Todd graduated in 1990 with a bachelors degree in Pop and Jazz Composition from The Musicians Institute of Technology in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Todd continued his professional music career while also pursuing his love of filmmaking. He co-wrote, co-directed, animated, scored and produced the short animated film, Roadkill: The Movie, which won a Telly Award in 1994. Todd graduated in 1994 with a bachelors degree in Computer Animation and Design from The School of Communication Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seeking to combine his love of music and film, Todd entered one of his film scores to the UCLA/BMI Film Scoring Competition and was then honored by winning the very first BMI Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship at UCLA. His idol, Jerry Goldsmith personally honored him by presenting Todd with the award.
Todd scored his first independent theatrical feature film, One More Round, for Silver Planes Films in 2005 and his second, Green River, for Mayon Film in 2008 where he also was editor and post production supervisor. Todd’s music can also be heard on network and cable television in shows such as 48 Hours, Modern Marvels, America’s Most Wanted, UFO Files, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, Elimidate, The Orlando Jones Show, Look Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman, and many, many more – both nationally and internationally.
Todd's had the great pleasure of contributing to the success of numerous blockbusters as an animation director, animator, visual effects artist and previs/layout artist. Recent projects include the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated films, How to Train Your Dragon for Dreamworks, HOP for Universal Pictures and Tangled for Walt Disney.
His years of experience in film and television, coupled with his creativity, has given Todd a unique and powerful sensitivity for enhancing the ultimate vision of character and story in any given medium. Todd looks forward to the inspiring, creative and collaborative times ahead.
Todd continued his professional music career while also pursuing his love of filmmaking. He co-wrote, co-directed, animated, scored and produced the short animated film, Roadkill: The Movie, which won a Telly Award in 1994. Todd graduated in 1994 with a bachelors degree in Computer Animation and Design from The School of Communication Arts in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Seeking to combine his love of music and film, Todd entered one of his film scores to the UCLA/BMI Film Scoring Competition and was then honored by winning the very first BMI Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship at UCLA. His idol, Jerry Goldsmith personally honored him by presenting Todd with the award.
Todd scored his first independent theatrical feature film, One More Round, for Silver Planes Films in 2005 and his second, Green River, for Mayon Film in 2008 where he also was editor and post production supervisor. Todd’s music can also be heard on network and cable television in shows such as 48 Hours, Modern Marvels, America’s Most Wanted, UFO Files, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, Elimidate, The Orlando Jones Show, Look Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman, and many, many more – both nationally and internationally.
Todd's had the great pleasure of contributing to the success of numerous blockbusters as an animation director, animator, visual effects artist and previs/layout artist. Recent projects include the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated films, How to Train Your Dragon for Dreamworks, HOP for Universal Pictures and Tangled for Walt Disney.
His years of experience in film and television, coupled with his creativity, has given Todd a unique and powerful sensitivity for enhancing the ultimate vision of character and story in any given medium. Todd looks forward to the inspiring, creative and collaborative times ahead.
Michael Rosen - Executive Producer / Managing Director / COO
Michael Rosen studied audio engineering and psychoacoustics under the watchful eyes and ears of the renowned John Barsotti and Richie Moore, PhD. in the Broadcast Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University before pursuing graduate studies in Organizational Behavior at the University of San Francisco. He went on to become one of San Francisco’s most recognizable recording engineers mixing the celebrated San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s Stern Grove performances as well as numerous Bay Area rock icons such as Jefferson Starship, Neil Schon of Journey, and the Tubes.
Between 1981 and 1993, he successfully served as manager/chief engineer at Big Pink West (Mill Valley, CA), Marin Recorders (San Rafael, CA), Starlight Sound (Richmond, CA), Powerhouse (Northridge, CA), and Evergreen Studios (Burbank, CA). During his time at Evergreen Studios it was the largest film and television music scoring facility in the United States. It was there that Michael developed a fondness for the business of film and television scoring, and came to know and befriend many successful film and television composers. That fondness turned into his passion as over the next decade he became a Music Agent for Working Artists Agency, Montana Artists Agency, and Diverse Talent Group. In 2008, he received the greatest honor of his agenting career by finishing runner-up to the legendary super-agent Michael Gorfaine in the Best Agent category as voted on by Film and Television Music Magazine.
Blending his years of professional experience as a musician, recording engineer, and studio manager with a thorough first-hand understanding of contract negotiation and a sincere fondness for the entertainment industry, Michael currently does double duty - serving as both President of MegaTrend Management as well as producing and developing shows with the Hayworth Theater such as Just Imagine. He is currently co-writing a stage production celebrating the life and music of the legendary Jim Morrison in addition to his production work with Todd Erickson on Chased and other projects in development at Enlighten Media Group.
Between 1981 and 1993, he successfully served as manager/chief engineer at Big Pink West (Mill Valley, CA), Marin Recorders (San Rafael, CA), Starlight Sound (Richmond, CA), Powerhouse (Northridge, CA), and Evergreen Studios (Burbank, CA). During his time at Evergreen Studios it was the largest film and television music scoring facility in the United States. It was there that Michael developed a fondness for the business of film and television scoring, and came to know and befriend many successful film and television composers. That fondness turned into his passion as over the next decade he became a Music Agent for Working Artists Agency, Montana Artists Agency, and Diverse Talent Group. In 2008, he received the greatest honor of his agenting career by finishing runner-up to the legendary super-agent Michael Gorfaine in the Best Agent category as voted on by Film and Television Music Magazine.
Blending his years of professional experience as a musician, recording engineer, and studio manager with a thorough first-hand understanding of contract negotiation and a sincere fondness for the entertainment industry, Michael currently does double duty - serving as both President of MegaTrend Management as well as producing and developing shows with the Hayworth Theater such as Just Imagine. He is currently co-writing a stage production celebrating the life and music of the legendary Jim Morrison in addition to his production work with Todd Erickson on Chased and other projects in development at Enlighten Media Group.
Nila Najand - Executive Producer / Packaging Agent
Shortly after graduating from the University of California, San Diego where she studied psychology and biology, Nila Najand relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her graduate degree in business administration and marketing. She successfully ran two start up companies before switching to the entertainment industry.
Nila began her career in entertainment at Diverse Talent Group working on marketing decks, pre-event/post-event press releases, and celebrity special events/appearances. She shortly entered the agent training program where she worked with some of Hollywood's best agents in film and television. Nila then transitioned into celebrity product endorsements and commercials at Media Artists Group.
Currently she is president of Nth Degree Entertainment, Executive Producer and Packaging Agent at Enlighten Media Group and represents a roster of recognizable talent in film, television, and sports. She is slated to produce several upcoming feature films.
Nila began her career in entertainment at Diverse Talent Group working on marketing decks, pre-event/post-event press releases, and celebrity special events/appearances. She shortly entered the agent training program where she worked with some of Hollywood's best agents in film and television. Nila then transitioned into celebrity product endorsements and commercials at Media Artists Group.
Currently she is president of Nth Degree Entertainment, Executive Producer and Packaging Agent at Enlighten Media Group and represents a roster of recognizable talent in film, television, and sports. She is slated to produce several upcoming feature films.